ACTIn ForceAct
Public Sector Management Act
243Protection of people in relation to work reports on
Start here
Get a plain-English read of 243
Turn the raw legal text into a practical explanation grounded in Public Sector Management Act.
243 Protection of people in relation to work reports on
officers or employees
(1) An action or proceeding does not lie against a person for or in relation
to any oral or written report made in good faith by that person on or
in relation to—
(a) work performed, or proposed to be performed, by an officer or
employee; or
(b) conduct of an officer or employee.
(2) A report is taken to have been made in good faith if the person by
whom the report was made was not actuated by ill will to the officer
or employee affected or by any other improper motive.
(3) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to a report unless—
(a) the person who made the report believed on reasonable grounds
that it was the function or duty of the person to whom the report
was made to receive the report; and
(b) for a report containing matter that was false or misleading in a
material respect—the person who made the report did not know,
and could not with reasonable diligence have ascertained, that
the report contained matter that was so false or misleading.